The Amazing Dr. Ransoms Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies

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Watch out There s an epidemic of kind hearted people adopting the adorable yet treacherous creatures known as informal fallacies So, we ve compiled this FIELD GUIDE FOR CLEAR THINKERS to make sure you, dear reader, can identify and exterminate fifty of the most fluffy and most venomous adorable fallacies Inside you ll find inventive illustrations, clear descriptions, helpful exercises, semester year long schedules, and all the clever analysis a person might need to steer clear of all the little fallacies.The fifty informal fallacies are divided into four groups fallacies of distraction, fallacies of ambiguity, fallacies of form, and millennial fallacies Each is described as an adorable but deadly creature one might encounter in the wild, complete with illustration and a fantastical description as a memory aid.Perfect for beginning logic students Matchless as a supplement to any established high school or college logic curriculum Ideal for pastors or parents, or anyone else in our age of nonsense who wants to apply logic to real life or the Internet. Read The Amazing Dr. Ransoms Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies By Douglas Wilson – kino-fada.fr I really enjoyed this It s got bite to it, and Forrest Dickison s illustrations are great However, the way the book is written sometimes obscures the precise meanings of the fallacies Also, there are lots of controversial examples not necessarily a bad thing with little or no explanation in the answer key which is unfortunate.Overall I still preferThe Fallacy Detecti...This is hands down the best logical fallacies book I have read yet The book not only gives the reader a thorough grasp of what exactly the particular logical fallacy is but does so in a humorous and very relevant manner.My 8 year old son was flipping through it the day it came in the mail and he was rollicking on the floor in laughter at the pictures The pictures are very well done I must add This is without a doubt the textbook to use when teaching logical fallacies, it even has a section de This is hands down the best logical fallacies book I have read yet The book not only gives the reader a thorough grasp of what exactly the particular logical fallacy is but does so in a humorous and very relevant manner.My 8 year old son was flipping through it the day it came in the mail and he was rollicking on the floor in laughter at the pictures The pictures are very well done I must add This is without a doubt the textbook to...Most fun book on informal fallacies that I ve read.Really great Might be one of the best things Canon publishes It blows Fallacy Detective out of the water in the examples and application as well as the amount of fallacies considered The Illustrator didn t do half bad, either.I ve spent much time in the depths of a couple of formal logic books, and verily they doth hurt my head They are, to be sure, fine volumes, butHave I ever told you about the time I had a crush on a particularly left brained guy, so I decided to do something particularly left brained myself by way of deepening some sense of connection with him, and I dug out a book of logic puzzles, and I picked one, and I spent half an hour solving it, and the answer was Bertram Well, if I hadn t before, I I ve spent much time in the depths of a couple of formal logic books, and verily they doth hurt my head They are, to be sure, fine volumes, butHave I ever told you about the time I had a crush on a particularly left brained guy, so I decided to do something particularly left brained myself by way of deepening some sense of connection with him, and I dug out a book of logic puzzles, and I picked one, and I spent half an hour solving it, and the answer was Bertra...This was really quite enjoyable It won t replace a formal study of logic, even at an introductory level, but it does make for a genuinely entertaining book on how to think clearly in this age of madnes...Did this with seventh and eighth graders They loved it.Being educated while simultaneously being gaily entertained was a real treat Highly recommended.Review from cpsbr.comIt is my assumption that few of us were fortunate enough to have received a formal education in logic at any point, let alone in middle school What little education I received on this subject came from participation in speech and debate I do not know that my classmates who were not involved in this club received any formal education on this subject Even then, I received very little instruction on how to think critically, even in college Most of what I ve learned about lo Review from cpsbr.comIt is my assumption that few of us were fortunate enough to have received a formal education in logic at any point, let alone in middle school What little education I received on this subject came from participation in speech and debate I do not know that my classmates who were not involved in this club received any formal education on this subject Even then, I received very little instruction on how to think critically, even in college Most of what I ve learned about logic has come from self directed study, or from time spent preparing to teach the subject.It has become a point of frustration that I have picked up such a useful subject at such a late point It would have been farconvenient to develop a love for this subject prior to high school and college I can think back and remember outrageous claims made by other students, and even professors, that I could now mucheasily counter.And that is w...Entertaining, educative, and a wonderful introduction to formal logic Far from being a gimmick, I can see how the various beasts in this bestiary could really help children engage with the study of logic I look forward to teaching my children this Now to order a logic primer I have much work to do

The Amazing Dr. Ransoms Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies
  • English
  • 22 June 2018
  • Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • 1591281873
  • Douglas Wilson
  • The Amazing Dr. Ransoms Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies